JAMES A. WEILAND 1926 - 2003

BROWN, WEILAND, KENDRICK, BAUMHOVER, REITER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/8/2003 at 20:41:34

James A. Weiland

Telegraph Herald - Thursday, August 14, 2003

James A. Weiland, 76, of 1182 Locust St., died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, at home, with his wife at his side.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St. Friends may call from 3 to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home, where there will be a parish wake service at 4 p.m.

Mr. Weiland was the founder and owner of the James A. Weiland Insurance Agency, established in 1957. He was associated with the Transamerica-Occidental Life Insurance Co. since 1959, and was the general agent in the Dubuque area since 1961. He retired in 1989.

He was born on Oct. 17, 1926, in Dubuque County, son of Leo T. and Ethel (Brown) Weiland. He married Jean K. Kendrick on Aug. 7, 1948, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Dubuque.

Jim served with the Navy during World War II in the South Pacific and the South China Sea aboard a patrol craft, the USS PT-1086.

Jim was a former member of the Dubuque Golf and Country Club and a member and past president of the 330 Club of the Dubuque Shooting Society. He also was a member of the American Legion, Dubuque Post 6 and was honored as a 50-year member on May 17, 2003, with an award and dinner. Jim also was a former member of the Elks Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Knights of Columbus.

Jim was a volunteer at the Mines of Spain hiking trail.

Surviving are his wife, Jean K. Weiland; a daughter, Tracy M. (Lee) Baumhover, of Davenport, Iowa; a brother, Thomas L. (Betty) Weiland, of Dubuque; and a brother-in-law, Gene Reiter, of Dubuque.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Ethel V. Reiter; and a brother, Roland A. Weiland.

A James A. Weiland Memorial Fund has been established.